the mayfair set - Google Video
essential viewing - these guys and their ghosts are stalking the markets right now...

India Today The Nation [Corruption: India's Sleaze Sheet]

Fintan O'Toole: Tax avoidance makes Dublin Liechtenstein on the Liffey | Comment is free | The Guardian

Blaming Mr. Rogers for Young Adults Feeling Entitled? That’s Just Ridiculous.
I read “Why Young Adults Feel So Entitled” by Jeff Zaslow in the July 5th issue of the Wall Street Journal. I read the most ridiculous excuse on why young adults are “entitled.” According to Don Chance, a finance professor at Louisiana State University, “They [Chance’s students] felt so entitled,” Chance recalls, “and it just hit me. [...]

Smart Lemming Chronicles - “Smart Start-ups,” “Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur,” and “Best Business Books Ever”
To mix things up a little, I decided to do a quick video blog post for the Smart Lemming Chronicles. Today, I discuss Smart Start-Ups: How Entrepreneurs and Corporations Can Profit by Starting Online Communities, Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur: Why I Can’t Stop Starting Over, The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential [...]

Please Use “GAH!!!” In A Complete Sentence

With the tsunami of Washington DC Journalist inundating Twitter along with a flurry of Senators, CongressCritters and political has-beens getting in on the act, there is growing speculation that the cute little social media engine may be in danger of “Jumping the Shark.”� It may well be true, it certainly has changed what once was a bulletin board for bloggers and chat room for friends.�

Now that it’s a phenomenon, it’s making news more and more, and certainly that is evolving the culture — it’s own and ours — which is true of any social entity as it dynamically adds members.� Indeed, I don’t think it would survive without growth.� No organization thrives without growing and evolving.

That said, one worries about the fate of some early adopters like the original Wonkette, Ana Marie Cox, who is as responsible for the style and snark found there as anyone.� Not to fear as she promises to live-blog her own demise as long as she retains enough strength in her thumbs to type on her iPhone before they pry it from her cold-dead hands.�

Cox’s 95,862 followers are relieved beyond belief — and aren’t buying the idea that legislators tweeting the “NOT” State of the Union Address was THE moment when Twitter Jumped the Shark Fail Whale.� They all know better since she pinpointed the event days before.

anamariecox: At 3:15pm on MSNBC @davidgregory will demonstrate the precise trajectory for jumping a shark. Also he will teach someone how to use Twitter.

With the tsunami of Washington DC Journalist inundating Twitter along with a flurry of Senators, CongressCritters and political has-beens getting in on the act, there is growing speculation that the cute little social media engine may be in danger of “Jumping the Shark.”� It may well be true, it certainly has changed what once was a bulletin board for bloggers and chat room for friends.�

Now that it’s a phenomenon, it’s making news more and more, and certainly that is evolving the culture — it’s own and ours — which is true of any social entity as it dynamically adds members.� Indeed, I don’t think it would survive without growth.� No organization thrives without growing and evolving.

That said, one worries about the fate of some early adopters like the original Wonkette, Ana Marie Cox, who is as responsible for the style and snark found there as anyone.� Not to fear as she promises to live-blog her own demise as long as she retains enough strength in her thumbs to type on her iPhone before they pry it from her cold-dead hands.�

Cox’s 95,862 followers are relieved beyond belief — and aren’t buying the idea that legislators tweeting the “NOT” State of the Union Address was THE moment when Twitter Jumped the Shark Fail Whale.� They all know better since she pinpointed the event days before.

anamariecox: At 3:15pm on MSNBC @davidgregory will demonstrate the precise trajectory for jumping a shark. Also he will teach someone how to use Twitter.

“Kiss Theory Good Bye” Wins Independent Publisher Book Award
  Congratulations to Bob Prosen, author of Kiss Theory Good Bye: Five Proven Ways to Get Extraordinary Results in Any Company! Kiss Theory Good Bye was awarded a Silver Medal by the Independent Publishing Industry in the Business/Career/Sales category. The 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards, commonly referred to as “The IPPYs,” were designed to bring increased recognition [...]

Listen to The Colour of Your Dreams

Joseph A. Dugan, my Dad, died last week. He was a great man and I am lucky to be his son. For over 30 years he taught mostly elementary school kids, about a thousand students in all. Here’s what one of his students had to say about him.

I am so sorry for your loss- Mr. Dugan spoke often of his children and family back when I had him as my 6th-grade teacher at the Hosmer School in Watertown in 1979-1980.

Mr. Dugan was a wonderful teacher, a fine gentleman and a great source of belief and encouragement to the students in his room. Looking back on 13 years of public school in Watertown, 4 years of college, three years of law school and two years of graduate school, Mr. Dugan was the best teacher I ever had. His impact has held throughout the course of all those years since, and I am grateful to have had the good luck to have landed in his class that year- a break I consider one of the luckier ones of my life.

I have heard how teachers can open minds, hearts and spirits- I need look no further than Mr. Dugan for clear and certain confirmation.

May God Bless Mr. Dugan and may he rest in peace.

My sincere condolences to you all.
Rachel Kaprielian (Hosmer School , class of 1980)

Feb 19, 2009
MA

When I was growing up, we always pronounced our last name with the accent on the last syllable, “du-GAN”. Apparently the rest of the world, including the folks over in Ireland, pronounce it “DOOG-in”. It’s a mystery, but we think my Dad’s folks may have changed the pronounciation back in the 1800s when they immigrated from Ireland because of the discrimination against the Irish. I guess “du -GAN” sounds more French than Irish.

It didn’t happen often, but sometimes I met people in places far removed from Massachusetts who then asked me if my Dad was a teacher, just because of the way I pronounced “Dugan”. They were students or parents of students of my dad, and they invariably had kind words and maybe a funny story.

I called him Pops. Pops did alot of talking to his students in the course of his lessons, but he was a quiet man. Alot of the lessons we learned at home were from what he did, not what he said, like taking the extra job at the grocery store to put food on the table, or building the addition on the back of the house so my invalid grandmother, his mother-in-law, could come live with us.

Pops served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.He didn’t talk much about it, but he was in charge of setting up radio communication stations. He was a lifetime member of the National Education Association and served as a public school teacher and administrator in Weymouth, Hingham, and Watertown.

Nobody knew Robert’s Rules Of Order better than Pops. While working as a teacher in Weymouth, Pops represented teachers in negotiating the first-ever union contract for town educators.He was an elected public official, serving as a Weymouth Town Meeting Member; member of the Weymouth Democratic Town Committee; and a member of the Weymouth School Committee for 2 terms, including several years as Chairman. He handed out the diplomas at my high school graduation!

The plastic looking sack of bones in the casket wasn’t my dad, that was just the vehicle. Pops didn’t die. The body he inhabited died, and we buried it in The National Cemetery in Bourne. And if I see you no more in this world, Pops, I’ll meet you in the next one, and don’t be late!

Joseph A. Dugan, my Dad, died last week. He was a great man and I am lucky to be his son. For over 30 years he taught mostly elementary school kids, about a thousand students in all. Here’s what one of his students had to say about him.

I am so sorry for your loss- Mr. Dugan spoke often of his children and family back when I had him as my 6th-grade teacher at the Hosmer School in Watertown in 1979-1980.

Mr. Dugan was a wonderful teacher, a fine gentleman and a great source of belief and encouragement to the students in his room. Looking back on 13 years of public school in Watertown, 4 years of college, three years of law school and two years of graduate school, Mr. Dugan was the best teacher I ever had. His impact has held throughout the course of all those years since, and I am grateful to have had the good luck to have landed in his class that year- a break I consider one of the luckier ones of my life.

I have heard how teachers can open minds, hearts and spirits- I need look no further than Mr. Dugan for clear and certain confirmation.

May God Bless Mr. Dugan and may he rest in peace.

My sincere condolences to you all.
Rachel Kaprielian (Hosmer School , class of 1980)

Feb 19, 2009
MA

When I was growing up, we always pronounced our last name with the accent on the last syllable, “du-GAN”. Apparently the rest of the world, including the folks over in Ireland, pronounce it “DOOG-in”. It’s a mystery, but we think my Dad’s folks may have changed the pronounciation back in the 1800s when they immigrated from Ireland because of the discrimination against the Irish. I guess “du -GAN” sounds more French than Irish.

It didn’t happen often, but sometimes I met people in places far removed from Massachusetts who then asked me if my Dad was a teacher, just because of the way I pronounced “Dugan”. They were students or parents of students of my dad, and they invariably had kind words and maybe a funny story.

I called him Pops. Pops did alot of talking to his students in the course of his lessons, but he was a quiet man. Alot of the lessons we learned at home were from what he did, not what he said, like taking the extra job at the grocery store to put food on the table, or building the addition on the back of the house so my invalid grandmother, his mother-in-law, could come live with us.

Pops served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.He didn’t talk much about it, but he was in charge of setting up radio communication stations. He was a lifetime member of the National Education Association and served as a public school teacher and administrator in Weymouth, Hingham, and Watertown.

Nobody knew Robert’s Rules Of Order better than Pops. While working as a teacher in Weymouth, Pops represented teachers in negotiating the first-ever union contract for town educators.He was an elected public official, serving as a Weymouth Town Meeting Member; member of the Weymouth Democratic Town Committee; and a member of the Weymouth School Committee for 2 terms, including several years as Chairman. He handed out the diplomas at my high school graduation!

The plastic looking sack of bones in the casket wasn’t my dad, that was just the vehicle. Pops didn’t die. The body he inhabited died, and we buried it in The National Cemetery in Bourne. And if I see you no more in this world, Pops, I’ll meet you in the next one, and don’t be late!

Fearguth’s Great Snark Hunt

“Sorry, we’re just a bunch of normal people dressed up
as clowns. You’ll find the real clowns across the street
at the Conservative Political Action Conference,
dressed up as normal people.”

“Sorry, we’re just a bunch of normal people dressed up
as clowns. You’ll find the real clowns across the street
at the Conservative Political Action Conference,
dressed up as normal people.”

Other Than The Occasional Hooker

Just how many jobs do you think Dick Morris ever created?

The draconian tax increases on the segment of the population that pays most of the taxes, generates most of the jobs, employs most of the workforce, and accounts for much of the consumer spending will chill whatever small warmth the stimulus package can generate.

This guy needs to join Karl Rove on a long vacation to the other end of the world.� Preferably without internet access.�

Together they make up the world’s worst political consulting gurus.� If the idea that you get paid what you are worth is at all valid, that there is any semblance of merit within our system, neither one would be complaining that they aren’t part of the 95% of Americans who will get a tax cut because they make too much money.

Sad to think that there are so many equally deluded conservatives roaming Washington DC who will never get the chance to get paid to write nonsensical prose — almost.

Just how many jobs do you think Dick Morris ever created?

The draconian tax increases on the segment of the population that pays most of the taxes, generates most of the jobs, employs most of the workforce, and accounts for much of the consumer spending will chill whatever small warmth the stimulus package can generate.

This guy needs to join Karl Rove on a long vacation to the other end of the world.� Preferably without internet access.�

Together they make up the world’s worst political consulting gurus.� If the idea that you get paid what you are worth is at all valid, that there is any semblance of merit within our system, neither one would be complaining that they aren’t part of the 95% of Americans who will get a tax cut because they make too much money.

Sad to think that there are so many equally deluded conservatives roaming Washington DC who will never get the chance to get paid to write nonsensical prose — almost.

oh i’ve missed you so much!
So, since I’ve moved the coffee machine’s been playing up: making sour coffee, steaming milk like an asthmatic puffin, not doing my damn laundry or the dusting! Oh… wait, got to remember that it’s not the maid… just the sweet sweet source of all coffee joy. I finally got around to taking in to get it [...]

sometimes life just is not fair
I know what you’re thinking from the title, but before you turn your eyes away, let me say that this post is completely free from doom and gloom . Undoubtedly some things haven’t exactly gone the way that they could have, but I can’t see the point in bemoaning the course of life. There is, [...]

the sweet (sour (sauer?)) taste of success
Yay, another market day successfully completed yesterday with only a mild amount of stress and only a little disruption to my highly busy schedule of growing a butt shaped indentation in my sofa and playing far too much M.U.G.E.N. (I’ve been feeling exceptionally geeky since the post about TCHO and I had to let it [...]

5 Ways to Show Engagement and Job Satisfaction
Welcome new subscribers from the Human Resource Association of Central Ohio. (You can download the slides from my speech on Employee Retention and Engagement from their site, but do it soon. I’m not sure how long they’ll be posted.)  Speaking of employee engagement and retention, my next few posts will feature people who illustrate how [...]

Welcome new subscribers from the Human Resource Association of Central Ohio. (You can download the slides from my speech on Employee Retention and Engagement from their site, but do it soon. I’m not sure how long they’ll be posted.)  Speaking of employee engagement and retention, my next few posts will feature people who illustrate how they feel about their jobs through positive, constructive behaviors.

And here comes one now!

Meet Mark, Courtesy Shuttle Driver for Holiday Inn On The Lane at Ohio State University. Doesn’t he look happy?

Mark is a great asset for Holiday Inn. He is an excellent example of what customer service looks like. Not only did he work with my schedule to get me to the airport on time,  with just an hour between ending my speech and flight departure, but he shared sound wisdom on the ride to the Columbus OH airport.

He said (and I paraphrase)…

“We all have a gift. And we have different ways of sharing that gift through the work we do.  You share your message through your SHAPE:

S - your spirit or spirituality, regardless of what beliefs, faith, religion you support

H - your heart, the passion you show for what you do

A - your abilities, HOW you show your spirit and heart

P - your personality, the unique traits that make you who you are, distinct from everyone else

E - your experiences, the area we typically share first with others (job, hobbies, etc.)

To be effective - to be a team player - you’ve got to ‘have the uniform on’. We all have these SHAPE qualities within us. It’s how we share our gift. You do it through your speaking and I do it by making sure our customers get where they need to go on time.”

HOW I KNOW MARK REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

I believe Mark underestimates his value just a bit. Here’s how I know how he’s a great example of someone who’s engaged in his work and gets a great deal of job satisfaction:

• He lives his beliefs by applying his “gift” to his work. We all have numerous ways to do this and everyone’s opportunities are different. I’m betting that regardless what kind of work he does, he’ll always have the same spirit of generosity.
• He is engaged because he engages others. He could have let me sit there in the shuttle without saying a word. Yet I also believe that if I’d preferred silence, he would have picked up on that and extended the privacy. (But I just can’t help myself, ya know. Give me a friendly person and I’ll pick their brain no matter how tired I am!)
• He likes to learn from others. He had questions about the work I do and seemed genuinely interested. He also mentioned the wisdom we can learn from “Seasoned Saints” - people who have lived long lives, learned a lot and are willing to share their knowledge to help others.
• He didn’t expect recognition for himself. In fact, he was quite surprised and a bit embarrassed when I asked permission to use his story and share his photo in this blog.  (I “bribed” him by saying it would be great PR for the Holiday Inn!)

What do YOU think? Are there more ways we can tell whether someone is really “engaged” or not (other than the ring!)? What did it feel like for you when you were really “into” your job? What did you do, say, think or feel? How about the supervisors and managers out there? How do you know when you’ve got a ‘live one’ versus a dead man/woman walking? Feel free to post a comment and let us know your secrets!

And thanks again to Mark and all the fine folks at the Human Resource Association of Central Ohio for showing such gracious hospitality!

Next up:  wait’ll you hear the story (and see the photos) of how a team of claims adjusters at Travelers Insurance showed their boss how much they appreciate her!

Writing from 6711 ft. above sea level,

Posted in Business relationships, Career Tips, Communication, Employee engagement, Leadership and management, Marketing Tips Tagged: customer service stories, employee engagement stories, employee retention stories, Holiday Inn, job satisfaction, leadership

Germany Moving To ODF in 2010
The Federal Government of Germany [has decided] to implement use of the OpenDocument Format (ODF). According to the plan, German federal agencies will be able to receive, read, send and edit ODF documents beginning no later than 2010. Germany Joins Growing Ranks of Governments Adopting ODF | Open Document It is encouraging to [...]

The Federal Government of Germany [has decided] to implement use of the OpenDocument Format (ODF). According to the plan, German federal agencies will be able to receive, read, send and edit ODF documents beginning no later than 2010.

Germany Joins Growing Ranks of Governments Adopting ODF | Open Document

It is encouraging to see the continued onward march of truly open standards in the face of corporate influence. I am looking forward to seeing renewed proposals to standardize on ODF here in California, in Texas, and other states.

To be sure, some issues remain to be solved. How can the government continue to make use of existing software and processes with the new formats? Which documents presently stored in older formats should be converted to the new formats? How should the conversion be accomplished? And most importantly, which copy (old format or new) is now the legal record?

Truth be told, these same issues were already ahead. Remembering that the market-leading office software changed file formats in the 2007 version, every government agency, world-wide, should be asking these very same questions about now. One does not know how long support for the former formats will be available in the market leader’s products. It wasn’t too long ago that a “security” update removed support for older versions of those same formats. (Which was a lot of fun for those of us who support users. Suddenly, they had documents/spreadsheets/presentations that they had been using for years, but they could no longer open. After some outcry, the vendor released a fix that rolled back the changes, but we had to manually apply it.)

The point is, government documents are the property of the people. Proprietary formatted documents, even those which are supposedly open (but really proprietary formats in drag) require citizens to purchase the proprietary product or face a loss of fidelity. In some cases, the document may be unreadable without the proprietary vendor’s product.

This is why we must continue to work to spread openness throughout government.

Open source, open standards, open government. It just works better.

Source: http://opendocument.xml.org/news/germany-joins-growing-ranks-of-governments-adopting-odf

Posted in ODF, Open Standards

Thanks
I just wanted to thank those who sent funds. My niece Sarah is back in the US, being examined and treated. There are still large costs that have not been met, but at least she is here in the US, where medical options are better than in China. If you’d still like to help, I’m sure [...]

I just wanted to thank those who sent funds. My niece Sarah is back in the US, being examined and treated. There are still large costs that have not been met, but at least she is here in the US, where medical options are better than in China.

If you’d still like to help, I’m sure it won’t be refused.

Posted in Uncategorized

The Next Disruptors
Watch out, Microsoft, GE, United, AT&T, and, yes, even Google. Here come 10 game-changing startups with plans to upend existing industries and spawn new opportunities for the rest of us.

ODF Continuing To Move Forward At OASIS
According to Rob Weir, ODF is making good progress in OASIS: It was a good year in OASIS as well, for ODF. The ODF TC, which I co-chair, created a new Subcommittee to investigate ODF-Next requirements, and we created a new OASIS TC, to join with the existing ODF TC and ODF Adoption TC, to work [...]

According to Rob Weir, ODF is making good progress in OASIS:

It was a good year in OASIS as well, for ODF. The ODF TC, which I co-chair, created a new Subcommittee to investigate ODF-Next requirements, and we created a new OASIS TC, to join with the existing ODF TC and ODF Adoption TC, to work on “Interoperability and Conformance”. We also saw a substantial increased in participation in the ODF activities, spurred by the increased demand for ODF and the increased maturity of ODF implementations.

He lists some of the ways in which 2008 was an active year for the OASIS ODF TC, ending with this statement: “So 2008 was a good year, with robust participation from a wide range of stake holders in the development, maintenance and promotion of ODF in OASIS. I’m hoping for even greater participation and accomplishment in 2009, in spite of less-than-rosy economic conditions.”

It is good to have a progress report.

Posted in ODF, Open Standards

100 fastest-growing tech companies
Our annual rankings show another banner year for the businesses leading the tech revival. Here's who is out in front and how they got there.

VirtualBox 2.1.0
Some time ago, I tried out VirtualBox. Among the issues I noted was that it was difficult to use an alternate location for your virtual machines, an inability to break virtual disks into subfiles (like VMWare does), and a lack of options for configuring networking. I quickly abandoned it, returning to VMWare’s VMWare Server. I [...]

Some time ago, I tried out VirtualBox. Among the issues I noted was that it was difficult to use an alternate location for your virtual machines, an inability to break virtual disks into subfiles (like VMWare does), and a lack of options for configuring networking. I quickly abandoned it, returning to VMWare’s VMWare Server. I should point out that I noticed right away that virtual machine guest operating sytems ran faster and used less RAM under VirtualBox than they did under VMWare. But I really wanted to have the virtual machines hosted on an external hard drive, so that my laptop wasn’t filled with the files.

I was letting Synaptic handle updating the kernel modules (needed for speeding up VMWare and integrating the VM guest operating system with your host operating system), and found that the kernel module updates stopped. In early December, I decided to remove VMWare Server and give VirtualBox another try.

VirtualBox OSE 2.0 was in the Ubuntu repositories, so I installed it. I was pleasantly surprised. In addition to being quick and responsive, VBox also had an option for selecting where the default location of virtual machines should be. The only problem I still had was that I occasionally wanted to start up a Web server and view the output across the network. As I was going through the VBox site, looking for information, I found that version 2.1.0 was out–and it had the capability I desired.

I have been using VirtualBox version 2.1.0 for a couple of weeks now. It is a great addition to my toolset. Best of all, Ubuntu installs a tool from Dell that automatically re-compiles the kernel module to match the version of an updated Linux kernel. No more waiting for someone to re-compile the kernel module and upload it to the repository.

VMWare has a VM Marketplace site, where various VMs with guest operating systems can be downloaded. I used to use that to obtain up-to-date versions of various systems. There is an unofficial site for VirtualBox, which is also a source for various VMs with preinstalled guest operating systems can be downloaded. In either case, the operating system’s licensing decides whether it can be made available and under what terms. I can see that Fedora 10 is available, which should be a big improvement over the F7 VM I have been using–ever try to compile PHP with OpenSSL and get messages about being unable to find/open evp.h? I’m thinking it is a version mismatch.

I heartily recommend VirtualBox 2.1.0. If this is an indication of the new Sun Microsystems, I think the doomsayers are in for a surprise.

Posted in virtual machines, VirtualBox, VMWare

The hijack-proof truck
You can't go far wrong in a truck equipped with an Astrata box. The device, half the size of a cigarette pack, can be wired into anything that moves - truck, car, shipping container - to head off nearly every conceivable type of disaster.

ODF in MS Office 2007: More Details
Microsoft reveals how Office 2007 will support ODF - ZDNet.co.uk Microsoft announced that Office 2007 would support ODF, as well as Adobe’s PDF, in May. The next version of Office, code-named ‘Office 14′, is also intended to support ODF. ODF, a rival document format to Office’s native format, has become popular with governments and schools. Microsoft, acknowledging [...]

Microsoft reveals how Office 2007 will support ODF - ZDNet.co.uk

Microsoft announced that Office 2007 would support ODF, as well as Adobe’s PDF, in May. The next version of Office, code-named ‘Office 14′, is also intended to support ODF.

ODF, a rival document format to Office’s native format, has become popular with governments and schools. Microsoft, acknowledging requests for compatibility with ODF, had earlier released a converter to allow Word users to open documents saved in ODF, but Office 2007 SP2 will provide the first direct support for ODF in Office.

This sounds wonderful. I will point out that Microsoft hasn’t completely changed its spots. It still wants competing software to implement ODF its way, rather than according to the standard.

Microsoft said its goal in publishing the details is to help make different implementations of ODF in different software products more consistent, by giving developers a model to imitate.

“By publishing notes on how we are implementing file format standards in Microsoft Office, we are providing details that others can use as a reference point for their own applications,” said Doug Mahugh, senior project manager for Office interoperability at Microsoft, in a statement

Still, this must be a tough thing for them. Recall how the company ferociously throughout 2007 fought moves in several states to standardize state documents using open formats such as ODF. To now say, “we support the format” after marshalling its allies to whine that they would be excluded has got to be like swallowing sand. As much as it hurts, they are participating and joining in the game. This can only be good for end-users, those who support end-users, and for government agencies that do decide to standardize on open formats such as ODF.

Thanks to Carol Geyer for pointing this out.

ODF, office suites, microsoft

Posted in ODF, Open Standards Tagged: Microsoft, office suites

OpenOffice.org Now Available As Mac OSX Native App
Platforms: Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista; Solaris 10 OS or higher, either x86 or SPARC; Linux kernel version 2.4 or higher, glibc2 version 2.3.2 or higher; and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher All versions require Java 1.5 (Java 5) or higher for some functions. Mac users can also [...]

Platforms:

Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista; Solaris 10 OS or higher, either x86 or SPARC; Linux kernel version 2.4 or higher, glibc2 version 2.3.2 or higher; and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher

All versions require Java 1.5 (Java 5) or higher for some functions.

Mac users can also continue to use NeoOffice, which is also Mac-native.

ODF, Mac OSX

Posted in ODF

Component for Joomla! 1.0 Web CMS Helps Sites Index ODF Files
Joomla add-ons - ODT Indexer The ODT indexer component will extend the Joomla search function with the ability to search through the content of indexed .odt files. One of the best known programs that will allow you to open and edit .odt files is OpenOffice.org. You can add the path to your document in the backend, the [...]

Joomla add-ons - ODT Indexer

The ODT indexer component will extend the Joomla search function with the ability to search through the content of indexed .odt files. One of the best known programs that will allow you to open and edit .odt files is OpenOffice.org.

You can add the path to your document in the backend, the component will read and index your file. The mambot that comes with this component will search through the indexed content for matches.

The component does not support the current version 1.5 of Joomla!. It is still helpful to those running the older version of Joomla! on their sites, but one should be aware that there has been no update since 2006. There is no indication on Joomla-Addons.org whether the component also supports Mambo, the project that Joomla! branched off from.

I am looking into addons for Joomla! 1.5+, Mambo 4.6+, Drupal 6+, and similar content management systems. What I’d like to see is tools that accept content-postings as ODF files, tools that will export content articles as exported .odt, .ods, and .odp files, and tools that index and search ODF files stored on a site. I will post anything find anything out right here on Opportunity Knocks.

ODF, Joomla!

Powered by ScribeFire.

Posted in ODF, Web

7-Day Inner Cleanse System
Many people suffer from stomach aches and pains, and have for centuries. But only recently has science begun to unveil the mysteries surrounding gut flora and proper techniques for giving balance to these delicate microorganisms that live in the digestive tract and perform a number of highly useful functions for their [...]

7-Day Inner Cleanse System

Many people suffer from stomach aches and pains, and have for centuries. But only recently has science begun to unveil the mysteries surrounding gut flora and proper techniques for giving balance to these delicate microorganisms that live in the digestive tract and perform a number of highly useful functions for their hosts.

Allow us to introduce one of Verseo’s newest breakthroughs in inner cleansing techniques - The Verseo 7-Day Inner Cleanse System. It ranks among the leading colon cleansing and detoxification programs in America, becoming noted as an effective and proper part of a healthy lifestyle.

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Conference calls suck. Really.
This evening I participated in a conference call with 6 people using a traditional conference calling bridge.  It was a horrible user experience.  HORRIBLE.  I had forgotten how bad conference calls can be because I’ve been using Calliflower for so long. What was so bad? Where was the agenda for the call?  Without an easy to tick [...]

Calliflower conference calls discovered by youth political campaigns
Over the last week we’ve had several large (100+ participants), but private, conference calls happen on Calliflower.  Without violating the privacy of the parties involved (no, I won’t say whether it was Democrats, or Republicans, where they were calling from or when), it appears that youth campaigns in this presidential election have discovered Calliflower conference [...]

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Calliflower goes Mobile on iPhone
The nature of meetings are changing, my friends.  As work styles have changed, so have meeting styles.  Once upon a time, we used to all gather in a room to converse.  More recently, groups of us have gathered in different places, crowded around a speaker phone and talked with people in far away places crowded [...]

Looking for a Co-Blogger (Updated)
I give up! I can’t continue on updating this blog with job posts. But I’d surely want to, you know that right? So if anyone would like to help updating Work-at-Home Gal (yep, I’ve renamed it due to getting tired of having to explain why the old name of ADSNTBC’), please contact me. Now will you be [...]

MoveOn’s very clever election video
One of the hallmarks of this US Presidential Election has been the incredibly effective use of the internet by the Obama campaign.  This particular video, by moveon.org, lets you send a customized message out to your slacker friends… the ones who might not be planning to vote. Viral video is nothing new of course.  However, this [...]

Comrade Rogers’ Soviet contracts
It goes without saying that cellular contracts are consumer unfriendly with their myriads of coercive clauses designed to lock customers into long term relationships. Every so often the byzantine array of rules they ask  you to sign up for, however, reaches new heights of absurdity. Case in point: This weekend I took my 18 year old [...]